Ezra
Ezra 6
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Ezra 6 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Then the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in . And there was found at , in the palace that is in the province of the , a roll, and therein was a record thus written: In the first year of the king the same the king made a decree concerning the house of God at , Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore , and the breadth thereof threescore ; With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house: And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which took forth out of the which is at , and brought unto , be restored, and brought again unto the which is at , every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the , which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the and the elders of the build this house of God in his place. Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at , let it be given them day by day without fail: That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at . I have made a decree; let it be done with speed. Then , governor this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which the king had sent, so they did speedily. And the elders of the builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of the prophet and the son of . And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of , and according to the commandment of , and , and king of . And this house was finished the third day of the month , which was in the sixth year of the reign of the king. And the children of , the priests, and the , and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the of this house of God with joy, And offered at the of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a for all , twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of . And they set the priests in their divisions, and the in their courses, for the service of God, which is at ; as it is of . And the children of the captivity kept upon the fourteenth day of the first month. For the priests and the were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. And the children of , which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of , did eat, And kept the seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of .